A large part of his success this year is the improvement of his curveball, which is turning into a plus pitch the Florida native.

"I feel like it's a really good pitch now," Allen told MiLB.com last month. "When I got drafted, I felt like it was a pretty good pitch, but when I got into pro ball, I thought I had to fine-tune it and it never really clicked. Now it's much better. It's much harder. It's a tighter spin."

A large part of his success this year is the improvement of his curveball, which is turning into a plus pitch the Florida native.

"I feel like it's a really good pitch now," Allen told MiLB.com last month. "When I got drafted, I felt like it was a pretty good pitch, but when I got into pro ball, I thought I had to fine-tune it and it never really clicked. Now it's much better. It's much harder. It's a tighter spin."

What was that last pitch he threw to get out of that bases loaded jam on the video? It was a full count and the announcers expected fastball... seemed like a change... I can usually tell... but something about that video makes it hard for me to judge the pitch speed... BTW, really dig his "Wild Thing" specs...

What was that last pitch he threw to get out of that bases loaded jam on the video? It was a full count and the announcers expected fastball... seemed like a change... I can usually tell... but something about that video makes it hard for me to judge the pitch speed... BTW, really dig his "Wild Thing" specs...

It could have been a change. Either that or he took something off his fastball. It didn't have much break.